Types of Design
This type of designer is responsible for the environmental sounds, music, sound effects, and anything else the show needs.
Sound Designer
Curtains, backdrops, or any structures constructed to transform an empty stage into a suitable background for a play.
What is scenery?
This is the physical location of the play.
What is setting?
Diagonal is the least common version of this.
What is line?
It is the type of stage that has an audience on 3 out of 4 sides.
What is a thrust stage?
This type of designer often does hair in addition to their normal job.
Who is the makeup designer?
All items handled by the actors or used to “dress,” or decorate, the set
What is a prop?
This is the time period of the play.
What is era?
This is used most often to show mood or atmosphere in lighting design.
What is color?
The audience surrounds this type of stage on all four sides.
What is an arena stage?
This type of design often requires the designer to look at pictures, read books, and visit museums.
What is costume design?
Imaginary lines defining the areas of the stage where the actors can be clearly seen by the audience
What are sight lines?
These are the rules or expectations.
What are essential truths?
This is often used to show differences in status and describes how something feels.
What is texture?
This is the committee of technicians who work behind the scenes creating the scenery, costumes, props, and so on.
What is the crew?
Each type of designer will begin their process with careful reading of this document.
What is the script?
A chart or list for lighting or sound showing all of the changes that will occur during a production.
What is a cue sheet?
The Revolutionary War is an example of this part of the World of the Play.
Era
Relationship of the dimension of one object compared to another.
What is size?
It is the most common type of stage.
What is a proscenium stage?
This type of designer typically produces thumbnail sketches, then full sketches, then a model before the final product.
Who is the set designer?
The part of the proscenium stage that frames the action of the play.
What is the proscenium arch?
A town curfew, also known as a time of day after which no one in town should travel, is a great example of this part of the World of the Play.
What are essential truths?
The main difference between these two types of shapes is that one is more random and nature-inspired and one is more manufactured and ordinary.
What are organic and geometric shapes?
This is the most powerful stage direction.
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What is downstage right?
What is downstage center?